Clothing stores maintained a strong three-monthly performance. Furniture stores also rose following growth over the last five consecutive months.
Sales volumes fell by 0.1 per cent month on month (MoM) in November following a 0.9-per cent MoM fall in October, but rose by 0.6 per cent YoY.
Volumes were down by 3 per cent in the month compared with their pre-COVID-19 pandemic level in February 2020.
Online sales rose MoM in November, following a fall in October. The amount spent online, known as ‘online spending values’, rose by 3.2 per cent QoQ and 6.7 per cent YoY in the quarter to November 2025.
Online sales values rose by 0.7 per cent MoM and 8.3 per cent YoY in November.
Total spend (the sum of in-store and online sales) rose by 0.1 per cent over the month. As a result, the proportion of sales made online rose from 28.4 per cent in October 2025 to 28.6 per cent in November.
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